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比勒達：你尋索言語要到幾時

¹書亞人比勒達回答說：Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

²你尋索言語要到幾時呢？你可以揣摩思想，然後我們就說話。“How long until you end these speeches? Show some sense, and then we can talk.

³我們為何算為畜生，在你眼中看作污穢呢？Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?

⁴你這惱怒將自己撕裂的，難道大地為你見棄、磐石挪開原處嗎？You who tear yourself in anger—should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place?

惡人的燈必熄滅

⁵惡人的亮光必要熄滅；他的火焰必不照耀。Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.

⁶他帳棚中的亮光要變為黑暗；他以上的燈也必熄滅。The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.

⁷他堅強的腳步必見狹窄；自己的計謀必將他絆倒。His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.

⁸因為他被自己的腳陷入網中，走在纏人的網羅上。For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.

⁹圈套必抓住他的腳跟；機關必擒獲他。A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him.

¹⁰活扣為他藏在土內；羈絆為他藏在路上。A noose is hidden in the ground, and a trap lies in his path.

驚嚇追趕惡人

¹¹四面的驚嚇要使他害怕，並且追趕他的腳跟。Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.

¹²他的力量必因飢餓衰敗；禍患要在他旁邊等候。His strength is depleted, and calamity is ready at his side.

¹³他本身的肢體要被吞吃；死亡的長子要吞吃他的肢體。It devours patches of his skin; the firstborn of death devours his limbs.

¹⁴他要從所倚靠的帳棚被拔出來，帶到驚嚇的王那裡。He is torn from the shelter of his tent and is marched off to the king of terrors.

¹⁵不屬他的必住在他的帳棚裡；硫磺必撒在他所住之處。Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.

¹⁶下邊，他的根本要枯乾；上邊，他的枝子要剪除。The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.

¹⁷他的記念在地上必然滅亡；他的名字在街上也不存留。The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.

¹⁸他必從光明中被攆到黑暗裡，必被趕出世界。He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.

¹⁹在本民中必無子無孫；在寄居之地也無一人存留。He has no offspring or posterity among his people, no survivor where he once lived.

²⁰以後來的要驚奇他的日子，好像以前去的受了驚駭。Those in the west are appalled at his fate, while those in the east tremble in horror.

²¹不義之人的住處總是這樣；此乃不認識　神之人的地步。Surely such is the dwelling of the wicked and the place of one who does not know God.”

約伯：你們羞辱我要到幾時

¹約伯回答說：Then Job answered:

²你們攪擾我的心，用言語壓碎我要到幾時呢？“How long will you torment me and crush me with your words?

³你們這十次羞辱我；你們苦待我也不以為恥。Ten times now you have reproached me; you shamelessly mistreat me.

⁴果真我有錯，這錯乃是在我。Even if I have truly gone astray, my error concerns me alone.

⁵你們果然要向我誇大，以我的羞辱為證指責我，If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and use my disgrace against me,

是神傾覆我

⁶就該知道是　神傾覆我，用網羅圍繞我。then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me.

⁷我因委曲呼叫，卻不蒙應允；我呼求，卻不得公斷。Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.

⁸神用籬笆攔住我的道路，使我不得經過；又使我的路徑黑暗。He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness.

⁹他剝去我的榮光，摘去我頭上的冠冕。He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head.

¹⁰他在四圍攻擊我，我便歸於死亡，將我的指望如樹拔出來。He tears me down on every side until I am gone; He uproots my hope like a tree.

¹¹他的忿怒向我發作，以我為敵人。His anger burns against me, and He counts me among His enemies.

¹²他的軍旅一齊上來，修築戰路攻擊我，在我帳棚的四圍安營。His troops advance together; they construct a ramp against me and encamp around my tent.

親友都離棄我

¹³他把我的弟兄隔在遠處，使我所認識的全然與我生疏。He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.

¹⁴我的親戚與我斷絕；我的密友都忘記我。My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me.

¹⁵在我家寄居的，和我的使女都以我為外人；我在他們眼中看為外邦人。My guests and maidservants count me as a stranger; I am a foreigner in their sight.

¹⁶我呼喚僕人，雖用口求他，他還是不回答。I call for my servant, but he does not answer, though I implore him with my own mouth.

¹⁷我口的氣味，我妻子厭惡；我的懇求，我同胞也憎嫌。My breath is repulsive to my wife, and I am loathsome to my own family.

¹⁸連小孩子也藐視我；我若起來，他們都嘲笑我。Even little boys scorn me; when I appear, they deride me.

¹⁹我的密友都憎惡我；我平日所愛的人向我翻臉。All my best friends despise me, and those I love have turned against me.

²⁰我的皮肉緊貼骨頭；我只剩牙皮逃脫了。My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

朋友啊，可憐我

²¹我朋友啊，可憐我！可憐我！因為　神的手攻擊我。Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.

²²你們為甚麼彷彿　神逼迫我，吃我的肉還以為不足呢？Why do you persecute me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh?

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我知道我的救贖主活著

²³惟願我的言語現在寫上，都記錄在書上；I wish that my words were recorded and inscribed in a book,

²⁴用鐵筆鐫刻，用鉛灌在磐石上，直存到永遠。by an iron stylus on lead, or chiseled in stone forever.

²⁵我知道我的救贖主活著，末了必站立在地上。But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.

²⁶我這皮肉滅絕之後，我必在肉體之外得見　神。Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.

²⁷我自己要見他，親眼要看他，並不像外人。我的心腸在我裡面消滅了！I will see Him for myself; my eyes will behold Him, and not as a stranger. How my heart yearns within me!

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你們當懼怕刀劍

²⁸你們若說：我們逼迫他要何等地重呢？惹事的根乃在乎他；If you say, ‘Let us persecute him, since the root of the matter lies with him,’

²⁹你們就當懼怕刀劍；因為忿怒惹動刀劍的刑罰，使你們知道有報應（原文是審判）。then you should fear the sword yourselves, because wrath brings punishment by the sword, so that you may know there is a judgment.”

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瑣法：惡人誇勝是暫時的

¹拿瑪人瑣法回答說：Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:

²我心中急躁，所以我的思念叫我回答。“So my anxious thoughts compel me to answer, because of the turmoil within me.

³我已聽見那羞辱我，責備我的話；我的悟性叫我回答。I have heard a rebuke that insults me, and my understanding prompts a reply.

⁴你豈不知亙古以來，自從人生在地，Do you not know that from antiquity, since man was placed on the earth,

⁵惡人誇勝是暫時的，不敬虔人的喜樂不過轉眼之間嗎？the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?

⁶他的尊榮雖達到天上，頭雖頂到雲中，Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, and his head touches the clouds,

⁷他終必滅亡，像自己的糞一樣；素來見他的人要說：他在哪裡呢？he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’

⁸他必飛去如夢，不再尋見，速被趕去，如夜間的異象。He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.

⁹親眼見過他的，必不再見他；他的本處也再見不著他。The eye that saw him will see him no more, and his place will no longer behold him.

¹⁰他的兒女要求窮人的恩；他的手要賠還不義之財。His sons will seek the favor of the poor, for his own hands must return his wealth.

¹¹他的骨頭雖然有青年之力，卻要和他一同躺臥在塵土中。The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie down with him in the dust.

不義之財終要吐出

¹²他口內雖以惡為甘甜，藏在舌頭底下，Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue,

¹³愛戀不捨，含在口中；though he cannot bear to let it go and keeps it in his mouth,

¹⁴他的食物在肚裡卻要化為酸，在他裡面成為虺蛇的惡毒。yet in his stomach his food sours into the venom of cobras within him.

¹⁵他吞了財寶，還要吐出；　神要從他腹中掏出來。He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach.

¹⁶他必吸飲虺蛇的毒氣；蝮蛇的舌頭也必殺他。He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him.

¹⁷流奶與蜜之河，他不得再見。He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.

¹⁸他勞碌得來的要賠還，不得享用（原文是吞下）；不能照所得的財貨歡樂。He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.

¹⁹他欺壓窮人，且又離棄；強取非自己所蓋的房屋（或譯：強取房屋不得再建造）。For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.

²⁰他因貪而無厭，所喜悅的連一樣也不能保守。Because his appetite is never satisfied, he cannot escape with his treasure.

²¹其餘的沒有一樣他不吞滅，所以他的福樂不能長久。Nothing is left for him to consume; thus his prosperity will not endure.

²²他在滿足有餘的時候，必到狹窄的地步；凡受苦楚的人都必加手在他身上。In the midst of his plenty, he will be distressed; the full force of misery will come upon him.

神的忿怒臨到惡人

²³他正要充滿肚腹的時候，　神必將猛烈的忿怒降在他身上；正在他吃飯的時候，要將這忿怒像雨降在他身上。When he has filled his stomach, God will vent His fury upon him, raining it down on him as he eats.

²⁴他要躲避鐵器；銅弓的箭要將他射透。Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.

²⁵他把箭一抽，就從他身上出來；發光的箭頭從他膽中出來，有驚惶臨在他身上。It is drawn out of his back, the gleaming point from his liver. Terrors come over him.

²⁶他的財寶歸於黑暗；人所不吹的火要把他燒滅，要把他帳棚中所剩下的燒毀。Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.

²⁷天要顯明他的罪孽；地要興起攻擊他。The heavens will expose his iniquity, and the earth will rise up against him.

²⁸他的家產必然過去；　神發怒的日子，他的貨物都要消滅。The possessions of his house will be removed, flowing away on the day of God’s wrath.

²⁹這是惡人從　神所得的分，是　神為他所定的產業。This is the wicked man’s portion from God, the inheritance God has appointed him.”

保羅被押往意大利

¹非斯都既然定規了，叫我們坐船往意大利去，便將保羅和別的囚犯交給御營裡的一個百夫長，名叫猶流。When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Imperial Regiment.

²有一隻亞大米田的船，要沿著亞細亞一帶地方的海邊走，我們就上了那船開行；有馬其頓的帖撒羅尼迦人亞里達古和我們同去。We boarded an Adramyttian ship about to sail for ports along the coast of Asia, and we put out to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us.

逆風慢行到佳澳

³第二天，到了西頓；猶流寬待保羅，准他往朋友那裡去，受他們的照應。The next day we landed at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul with consideration, allowing him to visit his friends and receive their care.

⁴從那裡又開船，因為風不順，就貼著塞浦路斯背風岸行去。After putting out from there, we sailed to the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.

⁵過了基利家、旁非利亞前面的海，就到了呂家的每拉。And when we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia.

⁶在那裡，百夫長遇見一隻亞歷山大的船，要往意大利去，便叫我們上了那船。There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.

⁷一連多日，船行得慢，僅僅來到革尼土的對面。因為被風攔阻，就貼著克里特背風岸，從撒摩尼對面行過。After sailing slowly for many days, we arrived off Cnidus. When the wind impeded us, we sailed to the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.

⁸我們沿岸行走，僅僅來到一個地方，名叫佳澳；離那裡不遠，有拉西亞城。After we had moved along the coast with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.

保羅警告行船危險

⁹走的日子多了，已經過了禁食的節期，行船又危險，保羅就勸眾人說：By now much time had passed, and the voyage had already become dangerous because it was after the Fast. So Paul advised them,

¹⁰「眾位，我看這次行船，不但貨物和船要受傷損，大遭破壞，連我們的性命也難保。」“Men, I can see that our voyage will be filled with disaster and great loss, not only to ship and cargo, but to our own lives as well.”

¹¹但百夫長信從掌船的和船主，不信從保羅所說的。But contrary to Paul’s advice, the centurion was persuaded by the pilot and by the owner of the ship.

¹²且因在這海口過冬不便，船上的人就多半說，不如開船離開這地方，或者能到菲尼基過冬。菲尼基是克里特的一個海口，一面朝東北，一面朝東南。Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided to sail on, hoping that somehow they could reach Phoenix to winter there. Phoenix was a harbor in Crete facing both southwest and northwest.

遇上友拉革羅狂風

¹³這時，微微起了南風，他們以為得意，就起了錨，貼近克里特行去。When a gentle south wind began to blow, they thought they had their opportunity. So they weighed anchor and sailed along, hugging the coast of Crete.

¹⁴不多幾時，狂風從島上撲下來；那風名叫「友拉革羅」。But it was not long before a cyclone called the Northeaster swept down across the island.

¹⁵船被風抓住，敵不住風，我們就任風颳去。Unable to head into the wind, the ship was caught up. So we gave way and let ourselves be driven along.

¹⁶貼著一個小島的背風岸奔行，那島名叫高大，在那裡僅僅收住了小船。Passing to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we barely managed to secure the lifeboat.

¹⁷既然把小船拉上來，就用纜索捆綁船底，又恐怕在賽耳底沙灘上擱了淺，就落下篷來，任船飄去。After hoisting it up, the crew used ropes to undergird the ship. And fearing that they would run aground on the sandbars of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and were driven along.

拋棄貨物和器具

¹⁸我們被風浪逼得甚急，第二天眾人就把貨物拋在海裡。We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.

¹⁹到第三天，他們又親手把船上的器具拋棄了。On the third day, they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.

²⁰太陽和星辰多日不顯露，又有狂風大浪催逼，我們得救的指望就都絕了。When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the great storm continued to batter us, we abandoned all hope of being saved.

天使的應許

²¹眾人多日沒有吃甚麼，保羅就出來站在他們中間，說：「眾位，你們本該聽我的話，不離開克里特，免得遭這樣的傷損破壞。After the men had gone a long time without food, Paul stood up among them and said, “Men, you should have followed my advice not to sail from Crete. Then you would have averted this disaster and loss.

²²現在我還勸你們放心，你們的性命一個也不失喪，惟獨失喪這船。But now I urge you to keep up your courage, because you will not experience any loss of life, but only of the ship.

²³因我所屬所事奉的　神，他的使者昨夜站在我旁邊，說：For just last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood beside me

²⁴『保羅，不要害怕，你必定站在凱撒面前，並且與你同船的人，　神都賜給你了。』and said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And look, God has granted you the lives of all who sail with you.’

²⁵所以眾位可以放心，我信　神他怎樣對我說，事情也要怎樣成就。So take courage, men, for I believe God that it will happen just as He told me.

²⁶只是我們必要撞在一個島上。」However, we must run aground on some island.”